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Sept. 16 1924.

H. N. MCGAUGHEY WINDOW Filed July 17. 1923 czczcczcnssczc Escasa-Fass:

A TTOHNEYS Patented Sept.v 16, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY N. M'JGAUGHEY, OF NETTLETON, MISSISSIPP.

WINDOW.

Application lei July 17,

. To all whom it may concer/n.: f

Be it known that I, HENRY N. MGGAU# GHEY, a citizen 'of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Nettleton, in the county of Lee and State ofMississippi, have invented a. new and Improved Window, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in windows and has particularreference to a window for use in locomotive or street car cabs and othervehicles. j

An' object of the present invention is to provide an improved window ofsimple construction which will permit of the driver of a vehicleobtaining a clear and unobstructed vision through an opening in thewindow andv which, at the same time, will prevent rain or snow frompassing through said opening.

Another object is to provide a window sections of which are adjustablerelative to the window frame and to each other to permit of varying thelrange of vision through the window and regulating the size of an openingtherein.

The above and other objects will appear morev clearly from the ollowindetail de script-ion, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view constructed in accordancewith the invention;

Figure 2 is an interior elevational view, partly broken away and shownin section; and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the' line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing the numeral dindicatesgenerally a window frame, the side members 5 of which aregrooved to 'receive the vertical edges of a section 6 made oftransparent material, such as glass. The lower section 7 of the frame 4is provided therein with a groove orchannel 8 rfor receiving the lowerportion of the section 6. Intermediate the top and bottom of. thesection 6 the saine is provided with"a`n opening, t? which \is partiallyclosed by an overhanging hood 10 extending outwardly 'from the sectionand i923. serial No. 652,135.

providing an opening. through which the driver of a vehicle may have aclear vision should the outer surface of the section be covered by rainor snow. At the upper end of the window frame the stationary section orpanel 11 is mounted and with respect to which the section 10 isvertically adjustable. In order that the adjustment of the section 6 maybe accomplished the upper edge thereof is provided with a lug 12projecting inwardly from the section and provided therein with anopening for receiving the threads of an adjusting screw 13 which extends-upwardly from the section and through the upper rail 14 of the windowframe'so that by turning the adjusting screw the section 6 may be raisedor lowered to vary the height of the hood 10 and consequently the rangeof vision of the driver of the vehicle.

Extending parallel with the grooves in the side members 5 in which thesection 6 is slidably mounted and arranged inwardly of said grooves areother grooves in said side members for'receiving the vertical edges ofan inner section 15 also made of glass or other transparent material.The section 15 is adjustable vertically in the grooves in which it ismounted and with respect to the section 6 by means of a screw member 16supported in the lug 17 carried by the lower portion of the window:frame and engageable in a threaded opening formed in the lug 18 carriedby the section 15. Thus by turning the screw member 16 it will beobvious that the section- 15 may be raised and lowered in the `frame tovary the size of the opening 9 formed in the section 6. In case` ,ofcold weather 'the section 15 ma be raised to diminish the size oftheopening 9 or completely close the same by turning the screw member 15 inone direction.

What is claimed is:

In a window, a'frame forming a window openin yand including a lowersection having a c annel therein, a stationary panel at the upper end ofsaid frame forming a partial closure for said opening, a section formina part of the window slidably engage ab e with said panel and alsoengageable in said' channehsaid window section having an opening and anoverhanging hood for said opening, a Screw member supported in saidframe on the inner sie of Seidlstotiona-ry panel and connected to saidWindow seetion to vertically adjust the same, a seconl window sectionsupported et the lower end. of said frame and movable verticolly thereonand with respect to the first-named Window section to regulate the sizeof the opening im seid mst-named window section, and o second screwmelzneetI carried by the )lowenu section of sett fx1-ome amd connectedl.to seid second-named Window section to adjust the some.

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